Dumping-car.



A. C. MURPHY.

DUMPING CAR. APPLICATION HLED MAR. 20 1914. RENEWED ocr. 1'5. 19i5.

1,183,027. I Patented May16,1916.

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HHHHI A. C. MURPHY.

DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. I914. RENEWED OCT. 15,1915.

1,183,027. Patented Mdy16, 1916.

2 SHEETS SHEET 2- ALBERT G. MURPHY, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

mrMPING-GAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May-.16, 1916.

Application filed March 20, 1914, Serial No. 826,005. Renewed 0ctober'15, 1915.' Serial No. 56,145.

. cars having a tilting body, whereby the contents may be discharged to one side or the other, and the object of my invention is to provide means by which the contents may be spread immediately after its discharge, whereby it will be guided to a position sufficiently to one side of the track so as not to interfere with the proper operation of the cars thereon.

My invention consists of a car having a;

dumping body arranged for lateral discharge, combined with a spreader device adjustably connected with the truck and so arranged that it shall be to the rear of the body during the operation of the car whereby it shall act upon the dumped material when the car is moved forward after the discharge of its load, the said spreading device performing the function of a plow for pushing the material farther away from the tracks and in such position that it will not tend to roll inward upon the. track by gravity. 2

More specifically my improved spreader comprises a plate hingedly'iconnected with the truck frame so that it may be turned into and out of operating position, the. former causing the spreader to be arranged obliquely outward and rearward soasr to consti tute in effect a plow for causing materials to be pushed outward by their contact with the incline surface of the spreader, the said spreader when adjusted in its inactive p osltion lyingclose to the truck frame at ts side and held in such position during the normal travel of the car. 7

My invention also comprehendsdetails of construction which, together with the features above specified, will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevationof one end of a dumping car having my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same illustrating the adjustment of the spreader when the car is in dumping position; Fig. 3 is a transverse section tratingeits construction.

: 2 is the main frame of the car body, 3 is the pivoteddnmping body, and 4: are the side doors thereof which in the illustration shown are hinged at the lower part and may swing outward and downward, and supportedgby chains 45*, as illustrated in Fig. 2, said doors acting as chutes or guides for the material being dumped, to carry it to one side of the tmck.

5 is the truck at one end of the car and may be of any suitable construction. In the particular illustration shown the truck frame is provided with the upper and lower arch bars 6 and 7, audit to these that I prefer to attach my improved spreader to which reference will now be made.

9 is the spreader and is hinged by the pin {10 to the plate 8, which latter is secured to the truck frame and more particularly to the upper and lower arch bars 6 and 7. As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, this plate 8 is preferably formed of apiece of channel iron, the pin 10 being supported by the upper and lower ,fianges. The upper flange of the plate 8 is connected by a plate 51 with the upper arch bar 6 of the truck frame. The rear portion of the plate% has riveted to it two angle plates :12, one of which is riveted also to the, oblique portion of the lowerarch bar 7, and the other is bolted in position to the horizontal portion of the lower arch bar by a bolt '13, which also extends upwardly through the upper arch bar 7 "and the plate 11 before referred to. As shown inFig. 5 this plate 11 is'also riveted to the top arch bar 6. The plate 8 is intended to be securely fastened to the truck frame and its mode of attachment may vary with any particular. change in the construction of the truck frame, the particular illustration here given being. by way of example only. It will be also noted that the plate 8 is arranged somewhat obliquely of the lower part, being extended outward from the truck frame as compared with the upper part, this being to provide an oblique axis for the hinge of the spreader 9.

More particularly referring to the spreader, it is formed of a plate somewhat tapering in the direction of its length and reinforced at its lower and upper portions by the respective angle irons 14: and 15, which are riveted to it, said angle irons presenting flanges in opposite directions relative to the plane of the plate. The lower angle iron 14: has the free edge of its lateral or horizontally arranged flange directed toward the material to be acted upon so that it acts in effect somewhat as a cutting edge to properly take hold of the material. This flange also acts to hold the spreader down to its work and prevents an objectionable tendency to bend the spreader upward. The angle irons 1e; and 15 may have their horizontal flanges somewhat tapered as indicated in Fig. 4, and these flanges of said angle irons 1a and 15 are curved and extended to provide the pivotal bearings upon the pin 10 for the spreader. These are also reinforced by additional similarly shaped plates 1% and 15 which are riveted in position. It will be seen from an examination of Fig. a that when the spreader 9 is in its operative position the inner edge of its main plate is brought into contact with the oblique outer surface of the plate 8 and said contact acts to support the spreader in its oblique position against the tendency of the material to force it backward. This plate therefore acts not only as a pivotal support for the spreader but also as an abutment to hold the spreader in its oblique spreading position. It will also be observed that the main plate of the spreader 9 is preferably somewhat oblique only' in operative position, the obliquity being more particularly illustrated in Figs. 2, d and 7. The effect of this obliquity is to cause the material being acted upon to be guided upward and outward with the plow, the action thus also tending to keep the spreader down to its work and to reduce the resistance by tending to raise the material acted upon rather than depressing it. Then the spreader is in its operative position its lower edge is also extended obliquely outward and upward as is indicated in Fig. 3, thereby reducing the amount of material to be acted upon to a minimum, since the material does not tend to slide or move inward unless the final obliquity of its surface is too great. The obliquity indicated in Fig. 3 leaves the material in a very stable condition, and while I do not restrict myself to this obliquity, nevertheless it is preferable for the reasons above stated.

When the spreader is in its operative posi tion it is not essential that there shall be any means for locking it in such position,

though such means have been shown at 18 in Fig. 2 and may be used to steady the spreader when the parts become more or or less loose by wear. However, when the spreader is turned inward or out of operative position during the time the car is being run from one place to another (see Fig. 1), it is important that the said spreader shall be locked in position to prevent its accidental opening outward and striking obstructions. Means for locking the spreader in its closed position. is shown at 16 in Figs. 1 and 6, said means consisting of a Hat spring plate riveted to the upper arch bar of the truck frame and bent to form a socket 17 for snapping over the upper angle flange 15 of the spreader 9. In this manner the spreader may be swung around close to the side of the truck frame and held in position by means of this spring locking device. Any other suitable means may be employed for holding the spreader in its inactive position if so desired.

I have shown the construction of my improved structure in the form which I have found well suited to perform its functions in commercial use but I do not restrict myself to the details, as these may be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is also evident that while I have shown the spreader and its supporting plate 8 attached to a truck frame in a specific manner, this mechanism may be secured in any other suitable waydependent on the variations in the construction of the truck, or the spreader proper may be attached directly to the truck as an integral portion thereof in the course of its manufacture if so desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:-

1. In a dumping car, a main frame having means for. dumping a load transversely to one side of the car, and a supporting truck therefor, in combination with ,a spreader device secured to and movable with the truck and consisting of a spreader plate structure hinged to the truck so as to be turned into an outwardly and rearwardly extended operative position or folded up close to the truck when out of use, and an abutment carried by the truck for supportingthe spreader in its outwardly extended position.

2. In a dumping car, a main frame havingmeans for dumping a load transversely to one side of the car, and a supporting truck therefor, in combination with a spreader device secured to and movable with the truck and consisting of a spreader plate structure hinged to the truckon an oblique axis in a plane transversely to the length of the truck so as to incline the spreader upwardly and rearwardly, said spreader hinged so as to be turned into an outwardly and rearwardly extended operative position or folded up close to the truck when out of use, and an abutment carried by the truck for supporting the spreader in its outwardly extended position.

3. In a dumping car, a main frame having means for dumping a load transversely to one side of the car, and a supporting truck therefor, in combination with a spreader device secured to and movable with the truck and consisting of a plate having its lower edge provided with an angle iron extending forward from the spreading surface and an angle iron at the upper edge extending rearward from the spreading surface, said angle irons extended at the hinged end of the spreader to form arms beyond the inner end of the spreading surface and by which the spreader is hinged to the truck.

4:. In a dumping car, a main frame having means for dumping a load transversely to one side of the car, and a supporting truck therefor, in combination with a spreader device secured to and movable with the truck and consisting of a spreader plate structure hinged to the truck so as to be turned into an outwardly and rearwardly extended operative position or folded up close to the truck when out of use, an abutment carried by the truck for supporting the spreader in its outwardly extended position, and locking means for locking the spreader in its folded or inactive position to the side frame of the truck.

5. In a dumping car, a car-frame provided with means for dumping the load laterally to one side of the car, and a truck for supporting; a car frame, in combination with a flanged plate arranged at one side of the truck and secured to the truck frame in an inclined position, a hinge-bolt extending obliquely downward through the flanges of plate, and a spreader hinged to the hingebolt and consisting of a relatively long plate having the upper and lower edges reinforced by portions extended inwardly as upper and lower arms, arranged respectively above and below the flanges of the inclined flanged] plate and hinged upon the hinge-bolt, the inner edge of the spreader plate resting against the surface of the flanged plate to hold the spreader in outwardly and rearwardly extended operative position but permitting it to be turned forward close to the side of the truck when not in use.

6. In a dumping car, a car-frame provided with means for dumping the load laterally to one side of the car, and a truck for supporting a car frame, in combination with a flanged plate arranged at one side of the truck and secured to the truck frame in an inclined position, a hinge-bolt extending obliquely downward through the flanges of the plate, and a spreader hinged to the hinge-bolt and consisting of a relatively long plate having the upper and lower edges reinforced by portions extended inwardly as upper and lower arms, arranged respectively above and below the flanges of the inclined flanged plate and hinged upon the hinge-b0lt,ithe inner edge of the spreader plate resting against the surface of the flanged plate to hold the spreader in outwardly and rearwardly extended operative position but permitting it to be turned forward close to the side of the truck when not in use, and means for detachably securing the spreader in its closed position against the side of the truck.

7. In a dumping car, a main frame having a body adapted to discharge its contents laterally to the side of the car, said body provided with hinged portions adapted to be held in an obliqueoutwardly directed position to act as chutes or guides for the load when being dumped, in combination with a truck supporting the car frame, and a spreader pivotally secured to the truck and arranged to project laterally and rearwardly from the side thereof when in operative position to spread the dumped contents of the car, said spreader being arranged to the rear of the body of the car and also adapted to be turned inward close to the truck when out of use.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

' ALBERT C. MURPHY. lVitnesses:

SAMUEL G. Rno, DOROTHY F. WATERBURY.

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